Heating device.



C. M. CARPENTER.

HEATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4. 1916.

1,201,694. Patented Oct. 17,1916.

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CLARENCE M. CARPENTER, OF BRANDON, VEBMQNT.

HEATIHG DEVICE.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE M. CARPEN- TnR, a citizen of the United States, residing Brandon, in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heating Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in heating devices and has relation more particularly to a device especially designed and adapted for use for cooking purposes, and it is an object of the invention to provide a heater of this general character having novel and improved means whereby a heatlng element may be applied in operative position with convenience and facility.

F urthermore it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device wherein electricity is employed as the heating medium and wherein the heating element constitutes an electric iron.

The invention has for a still further object to provide a heating device of this general character whereby the heating iron after being applied in operative position has its working surface efl'ectively protected.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved heating device whereby certain im portant advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

' In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through a heating device constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention, the heating element being shown in elevation; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken through my improved device as herein disclosed, but on a line at right angles to the section line of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a view in top plan of the inner receptacle comprised in my invention as herein set forth and with the heating element removed; and Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of a protecting member .fipecification of letters Patent.

Application filed Harsh 4, 1916. Serial No. 82,202.

or guard for the heating element as herein included. As disclosed in the accompanying drawlugs, 1 denotes a supporting membersubstantially cylindrical in form and having its upper end open and provided in its wall adjacent its bottom with an opening 2 adapted to beclosed by the vertical slide 3 mounted for movement within the guides 4 positioned at opposite sides of the opening 2. The open.- ing 2 is for the' insertion of the conductor C which leads from a suitable source of electrical supply, and it is to be observed that the lower edge of the slide 3 is provided with a notch or recess 5, whereby the opening 2 may be substantially entirely closed without the conductor C affording any undue obstruction to the slide 3. It will also be understood that the opening 2 is of such diameter as to perm1t the .ready insertion therethrough of a socket member coacting with the conductor C and which is adapted to be'engaged with i the heating element E.

6 denotes a receptacle adapted to be inserted Within the supporting member 1 through the open end thereof and opera-- tively supported in a plied position by the upper or free edge 0 said member 1, as is clearly shown in the accompanying drawings, and it is to be noted that the base of the receptacle 6 is provided with the elongated radial slot 7 of predetermined length and having its outer end open, the open end of the slot 7 being in communication with the cut-out portion 8 produced in the side wall of the receptacle 6.

The cut-out portion 8 is of such size as to permit the ready insertion therethrough and within the receptacle 6 of the heating element E which isherein disclosed as a conventional electric iron and, as is clearly shown in the accompanying drawings, it will be perceived that the slot 7 permits the proper insertion of the heating element E without any hindrance or obstruction being afforded by the handle H of the heating element E. It is also self-evident from the ac- 'companying drawings that in applying the heating element E in operative position, that the working face of the iron is uppermost and upon which the pan P or the like containing the matter to be heated or cooked is positioned.

In order to protect the working face of the element E, especially as a result of an overflow of the contents within the'pan P or the like, I provide the shield or guard S which conforms with the configuration of the working face of the lenient E and is provided with depending marginal flanges 9 overlying the adjacent sides of the element E in a manner and for a purpose which is believed to be clearly apparent to those skilled in the art to which my present invention appertains. I also find it of advantage to provide the bottom of the receptacle 6 with the upstanding flanges 10 also substantially conforming to the contour of the iron and between which the same snugly fits, said flanges 10 also serving as an additional guard or protection for the element E. The flanges 10 are arranged at opposite sides of the slot 7 and have their forward extremitiesleading from the wall of the receptacle 6 to a point inwardly of the closed slot 7 and at which point said flanges contact, whereby the slot 7 is substantially entirely confined between the flanges 10.

One end of the heating element E is provided with the hand grasp 11 disposed substantially perpendicular to the working face of the element E and affording a means whereby the heating element E may be readily and conveniently applied to or removed from operative position.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a heating device constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without material departure from the principles and spiritthereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my in- -receptacle, said flanges being arranged at opposite sides of the slot and having their inner ends contacting at a point inwardly of and substantially in alinement with the 5 0t.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. CLARENCE M. CARPENTER.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK W. \VILLIAMS, MILDRED G. LEFFINGWELL. 

